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 Ferris
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 Upright bass... best instrument ever?
#8401447 - 05/14/08 03:58 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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One week a friend and I smoked all day long and watched a one-hour, public access loop of this dude just groovin out a bass solo, really getting down into that thing. It was the some of the best ~96 hours of my life.
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Edited by Ferris (05/14/08 04:00 PM)
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 Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401462 - 05/14/08 04:01 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Nah, best instrument is the cello, which is what the upright bass is derived from
UB is definately the funkiest, though, fo sho
I have an electrical bass I haven;t touched in forever, I fear I will never be the next John Entwistle, or Les Claypool
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO]
#8401470 - 05/14/08 04:03 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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I'll take funkiest, I'm in a real funky mood 
I just want to play an instrument where I can stick my ass out at the ladies and still look fucking cool.
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401480 - 05/14/08 04:05 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Oh, bass for sure, it's definately a mood setting instrument and a vital component of rock and roll no matter what people say
Also, bassists in general are fucking savs
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO]
#8401497 - 05/14/08 04:08 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Quote:
1. sav
Of or exhibiting traits of impressive emotional or physical endurance, the pinnacle of maniliness.
Pierced and painted in the same two hours, Jeff took it like a sav.
2. sav
noun: A person who exhibits the admirable traits of a savage, for instance being able to kill a cheeta with one's bear hands or aliing a twenty stair.
O shit! The motherfucker is a sav.
3. sav
Short for savage. Generally unknown to the world outside of Shorecrest High School (where it originated).
"Did you see that sav at the soccer game last night, he won the game in OT on a free kick."
I can agree to that
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401506 - 05/14/08 04:11 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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You'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't agree
And the ones that disagree are usually hit by said bass
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO]
#8401519 - 05/14/08 04:15 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Reason 1 why upright bass is better than bass guitar (close call): you can take a bow to a bass guitar, but you're gonna have mixed results 
Reason 2: it's the Ron Jeremy of instruments
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO]
#8401530 - 05/14/08 04:17 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Quote:
Hyper_Panda_GO said:
You'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't agree
And the ones that disagree are usually hit by said bass
Nah, they're usually singers.
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401536 - 05/14/08 04:18 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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I agree that the upright bass sounds much more fun than bass guitar
But I dunno, there's just sometihng nice about having a bass guitar
Now, the ELECTRIC Upright Bass...holy crap
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: slackophage]
#8401539 - 05/14/08 04:19 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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I'd like to see a singer hit those tones, there might be one or two
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO]
#8401543 - 05/14/08 04:20 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Quote:
Hyper_Panda_GO said:
I agree that the upright bass sounds much more fun than bass guitar
But I dunno, there's just sometihng nice about having a bass guitar
Now, the ELECTRIC Upright Bass...holy crap
Now you got the idea. I'm not banging on the bass guitar btw, I own one of em and zero uprights, but as soon as I have an extra g, I'll rectify the situation.
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401556 - 05/14/08 04:24 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Awesome, always wanted to try an upright. Closest thing I have now is a acoustic/electric fretless.
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401566 - 05/14/08 04:27 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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that's bad ass
i love upright basses
bass in general is bad ass
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401602 - 05/14/08 04:38 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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If your name isn't Jaco, Victor, Stanley, or MAYBE McBride then I don't wanna fucking hear you solo on the bass.
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: jewunit]
#8401628 - 05/14/08 04:42 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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jewunit said:
If your name isn't Jaco, Victor, Stanley, or MAYBE McBride then I don't wanna fucking hear you solo on the bass.
And bass players don't want to hear your  -ery
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: jewunit]
#8401630 - 05/14/08 04:42 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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No Les?
PS: I promise to practice for another decade before I unleash my genuis on Youtube.
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8401636 - 05/14/08 04:43 PM (4 months, 25 days ago) |
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Those are the few that immediately come to mind.
I even skip through the bass solo on A Love Supreme, and that's one of the best albums ever.
Edit: I'm not a big Claypool fan anyway.
And you can put out the video whenever you want, I probably won't be watching it unless you become big. I don't waste my time on bass players unless I know for a fact they are good.
Edited by jewunit (05/14/08 04:48 PM)
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8407884 - 05/16/08 12:20 AM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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I'm getting my dad's old upright bass.. i can't wait. 
I'll probably end up picking it up in the fall... i haven't played bass since i was like 15, and that was an electric.. but, it'll be fun to have a friend play a drum and just start knocking away at that upright...
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: Ferris]
#8423526 - 05/20/08 09:29 AM (4 months, 20 days ago) |
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I love double bass and washtub. I love it in jazz, rockabilly, and psychobilly. Washtub makes for a good impromptu jam.
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Re: Upright bass... best instrument ever? [Re: SheikCorp]
#8423537 - 05/20/08 09:31 AM (4 months, 20 days ago) |
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Ya, now you really got to be cool to play one of those babies
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